Re: Re: Roombas cheap on letsautomate

["Pedro M.V." <pmacv@xxxxxxx>]

Another solution. Rent the design to another makers, so they can produce th= e good in another parts of the world.

This is normal in some Home Appliances. And an European maker could produce= Roombas ( with another brand ) in Europe.

Regards.
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Mark Harrison
  To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 10:33 AM
  Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Roombas cheap on letsautomate


  Pedro,

  iRobot are a small American company. They are not a huge multination= al with
  hundreds of millions of Euros to spend on mass-production.

  They are outsourcing their production to China, and are in the posit= ion that
  production can't keep up with demand in their home market. If they h= ave
  supply issues in their home market, then the last thing they're goin= g to do
  is to try to enter a separate, more complex and fragmented market.
  The UK resellers, LA (LetsAutomate), Roomba.de, and us are all buyin= g
  through US Resellers, because iRobot aren't prepared to talk to anyo= ne
  directly. For the record, Roomba.de is a purely independant company,= who
  have already got in trouble for using the name "Roomba" wi= thout permission.

  Regards,

  Mark

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Pedro M.V." <pmacv@xxxxxxx>
  To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
  Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 12:20 AM
  Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Roombas cheap on letsautomate


  >
  > >The problem is that iRobot aren't selling to ANYONE apart f= rom the
  > three US distributors, hence ALL the European distributors are = having
  > to buy from a US retailer... then import... then pay duty and V= AT.
  >
  > Why only to US distributors ???. I don=B4t understand...
  >
  > Regards.
  >


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